Joe Everett is a genealogy librarian at FamilySearch, responsible for patron services in international branches of the Family History Library. Joe was previously the head of International Reference at the Family History Library and a technical services librarian, cataloging Slavic and Germanic records. He also spent several years as content manager at Ancestry.com. Joe earned a B.A. in Russian Language and Family History/Genealogy (Germanic emphasis) from Brigham Young University and a Master of Library Science from Emporia State University (Kansas). He has been active in library and genealogical associations and has lectured and published articles Central & East European research.

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10 September 2009

Watchthisandjudgeforyourself. I thinkitishealthytolookat alternative perspectives. Most folksthesedaysactasif global warmingwere an irefutablefact. I thinkthejuryis still out. I am not "anti-global warming", if one can be such--either global warming is happening or it isn't, regardless of whether you "believe" in it or not. Itmayormaynotbe a truephenomenon and time will tell. What I am against is the politicization of scienceandthesilencing of alternative scientific explanations, on both sides. It is simply notgoodscience when debate is closed, facts are distorted or ignored, and alternative theories are villified. Whether the meteoroligist in this video is right in his conclusions about the data he sees, I at least like his approach of looking at facts. You may quibble about the facts he uses, but if you do, I want to see some data to back it up, not unsubstantiated attacks like, "Yeah, well, he could have made up those maps and charts himself." Maybe he did. If you think so, then provide some evidence to back up the assertion. Don't just assume it. Having said all that; at the end to the day, whetherornottheearthison an overallwarmingtrend attributaltohumans, I dothinkitmakesgoodsensetoconserveenergyandresources, andtohavecleanairandwater, etc. Its too bad people need to be motivated by fear of calamity before they will act as responsible stewards of the earth.